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Barnum's Bones


by Tracey Fern

Price at time of review: $17.99
36 pp.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
New York, NY
2012
ISBN: 9780374305161

Grade Level: K-2
Reviewed by CBC Reviewer
N/A

Barnum Brown was unique—from his way of dressing to his hobby of fossil hunting. This engaging biography will take an elementary reader from Brown's childhood in 19th Century Kansas to his work as the most productive paleontologist in the world. He discovered the first complete fossil of T. rex and many others.

The book was named an NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Book because of its readable but very accurate description of the processes of science. Students will enjoy this worthwhile story of discovery, which illustrates that scientific processes take time. Teachers will appreciate how the book documents the importance of collecting evidence and samples through careful observation.

Teachers can support instruction by pairing this book with a guest speaker from a museum or a field trip to see dinosaur skeletons or participate in a fossil dig. All those unique future scientists who enjoy Barnum's Bones will be more likely to follow their own paths to discovery.

Review posted on 1/14/2013

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